From: Dimitri Daskalakis <dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>,
Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>, Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>,
Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>, Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>,
Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>,
Nimrod Oren <noren@nvidia.com>,
Carolina Jubran <cjubran@nvidia.com>,
Dimitri Daskalakis <dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2] net/mlx5e: advertise tcp-data-split support
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 15:59:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261006225925.568263-1-dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Dimitri Daskalakis <daskald@meta.com>
The ability to set tcp-data-split was introduced in
commit 46bcce5dfd33 ("net/mlx5e: Support ethtool tcp-data-split settings")
This commit dropped reporting from mlx5e_ethtool_get_ringparam()
without explaining why. commit d347b28c492e ("net/mlx5e: Add hds-thresh
query support via ethtool") added support for ETHTOOL_RING_USE_HDS_THRS,
and modified mlx5e_ethtool_get_ringparam() to report an hds_thresh of 0.
Between these two commits, the hds selftest helper _defer_reset_hds()
would skip the reset because neither hds-thresh or tcp-data-split was
present in the ring config. After the second commit this introduced
a KeyError in the hds.set_hds_enable/disable tests.
mlx5 couples tcp-data-split with rx-gro-hw. Users can currently disable
tcp-data-split then enable HW GRO. The kernel reports tcp-data-split
off, but the HW is presumably splitting.
Add back tcp-data-split reporting in mlx5e_ethtool_get_ringparam(),
and de-feature tcp-data-split disable. Users can either enable it
(if HW GRO is enabled), or leave it under driver control.
This is not a fix since the feature is still functional with
HW GRO enabled.
Signed-off-by: Dimitri Daskalakis <daskald@meta.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Leave kernel_param->tcp_data_split as ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_UNKNOWN if the
device does not support HW GRO
- Prevent users from disabling tcp-data-split
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260923230521.1267511-1-dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com/
hds.py before:
# Interface: eth0, driver: mlx5_core
TAP version 13
1..13
ok 1 hds.get_hds # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
ok 2 hds.get_hds_thresh
# Exception while handling defer / cleanup (callback 1 of 1)!
...
# Defer Exception| KeyError: 'tcp-data-split'
# Defer Exception|
not ok 3 hds.set_hds_disable
# Exception while handling defer / cleanup (callback 1 of 1)!
...
# Defer Exception| KeyError: 'tcp-data-split'
# Defer Exception|
not ok 4 hds.set_hds_enable
ok 5 hds.set_hds_thresh_random # SKIP hds-thresh-max is too small
ok 6 hds.set_hds_thresh_zero
ok 7 hds.set_hds_thresh_max
ok 8 hds.set_hds_thresh_gt
ok 9 hds.set_xdp # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
ok 10 hds.enabled_set_xdp # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
ok 11 hds.ioctl # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
ok 12 hds.ioctl_set_xdp # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
ok 13 hds.ioctl_enabled_set_xdp # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
hds.py after:
# Interface: eth0, driver: mlx5_core
TAP version 13
1..13
ok 1 hds.get_hds # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
ok 2 hds.get_hds_thresh
ok 3 hds.set_hds_disable # SKIP disabling of HDS not supported by the device
ok 4 hds.set_hds_enable # SKIP disabling of HDS not supported by the device
ok 5 hds.set_hds_thresh_random # SKIP hds-thresh-max is too small
ok 6 hds.set_hds_thresh_zero
ok 7 hds.set_hds_thresh_max
ok 8 hds.set_hds_thresh_gt
ok 9 hds.set_xdp # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
ok 10 hds.enabled_set_xdp # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
ok 11 hds.ioctl # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
ok 12 hds.ioctl_set_xdp # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
ok 13 hds.ioctl_enabled_set_xdp # SKIP tcp-data-split not supported by device
# Totals: pass:4 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:9 error:0
---
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index 261c466a4d36..f08a968acec4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ void mlx5e_ethtool_get_ringparam(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
kernel_param->hds_thresh = 0;
kernel_param->hds_thresh_max = 0;
+
+ if (priv->netdev->hw_features & NETIF_F_GRO_HW &&
+ priv->channels.params.packet_merge.type == MLX5E_PACKET_MERGE_SHAMPO)
+ kernel_param->tcp_data_split = ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_ENABLED;
}
static void mlx5e_get_ringparam(struct net_device *dev,
@@ -403,9 +407,14 @@ static bool mlx5e_ethtool_set_tcp_data_split(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
return false;
}
+ if (tcp_data_split == ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_DISABLED) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+ "TCP-data-split can not be disabled");
+ return false;
+ }
+
/* Might need to disable HW-GRO if it was kept on due to hds. */
- if (tcp_data_split == ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_DISABLED &&
- dev->cfg->hds_config == ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_ENABLED)
+ if (dev->cfg->hds_config != tcp_data_split)
netdev_update_features(priv->netdev);
return true;
--
2.52.0
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2026-10-06 22:59 Dimitri Daskalakis [this message]
2026-10-08 16:33 ` [PATCH net-next v2] net/mlx5e: advertise tcp-data-split support Björn Töpel
2026-10-08 17:32 ` Dimitri Daskalakis
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